ROCINANTE! ROCINANTE! R&D (2010) | Photo by Lubos Horvat

Devised & Performed by: Roberta Edwards, Malcolm Holwill, Juancho Gonzalez, Stephanie Lewis, Alexander Roberts, Almudena Segura, Jessica Tyler, Kari Vidarsson, Tommy Scott-Williamson, Jacob Yeo and Anna Zehentbauer.

Directed by: Chiara D’Anna

Music and Sound: Steve Harry Mason

Lighting designer: Josh Pharo

Photography by Lubos Horvat

Video: Lubos Horvat and Scott Robinson

Produced by Panta Rei Theatre with the support of London Metropolitan University and Rose Bruford College.

A surreal poetic tale in grotesque style.

Rocinante! Rocinante! is the artistic outcome of our interdisciplinary research project on theatre and mental illness also known as The Don Quixote’s World Project.

Taking inspiration from two of the most celebrated and fascinating portrayals of madness – Don Quixote de la Mancha and Hamlet – this piece provocatively encourages our audience to consider the limitations of a conventional dualistic interpretation of life and its rigid separation of two opposite poles: reality and illusion, sanity and madness…life and death.

"Rocinante! Rocinante! Is filled with joy: the joy of play, the joy of spectacle, the joy of the absurd."

"This company is blessed with a group of actors who relish the irreverent and command the stage with a delightful manic energy."

“Beautiful and intriguing use of the space, a great ensemble work and a fantastic involvement of the audience. We were taken “into a surreal journey with you!"